Pakistani Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja has said he was invited to attend the Indian Premier League (IPL) final by Sourav Ganguly, president of India’s Board of Control for Cricket, but decided not to. to be present to contain the “situation” and “fallout”. mind.
“Twice Ganguly invited me to attend the IPL final last year and this year and cricket wise it made sense to go but because of the situation we had to look at the ramifications of accepting the invitations,” he said, according to news agency PTI
Raja also said that while Pakistan is eager to play India, the political comparison between neighbors continues to act as roadblocks.
“I spoke to Sourav (Ganguly) on the sidelines about this and I told him that there are currently three former cricketers at the head of their cricket boards and if they can’t make a difference then who?” said Raja.
Feeling “let down” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to challenge the proposed two-and-a-half month extended period for the Indian Premier League.
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said the issue will be addressed at the next ICC conference.
“There has been no announcement or decision on increasing the IPL window yet. I will give my opinion on this matter at the ICC conference,” Raja said at a media conference here on Friday.
“My point is clear: if there is a development in world cricket that means we come up short, we will challenge it in a very powerful way and get our point across strongly in the ICC,” he said.
The PCB’s decision to officially challenge the decision comes weeks after BCCI Secretary, Jay Shah, said in an exclusive interview with PTI that the Indian board will be given an extended period for the IPL in the ICC’s next FTP cycle. , starting from 2024 to 2031.
“From the next FTP cycle, IPL will have an official two-and-a-half-month period to allow all top international cricketers to participate. We’ve been in talks with several boards and with the ICC,” Shah told PTI. †
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